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Bunker Hill
“Don't Fire until you see the whites of their eyes”-William Prescott
British Victory (Americans ran out of ammunition) British learn defeating Americans would not be easy -
Sugar Act
Indirect tax( out of sight = out of mind )Duties on molasses and sugar -
Stamp act
Tax on all paper products.Official stamps/ seal on all paper items(proof tax was paid) -
Declaratory Act
Parliament declares it has power to make laws for the colonies "in all cases what so ever " Parliament passes this to save face -
Townshend Act
Taxes on glass,lead,paints,paper and tea.Searched for smuggled goods -
Boston Massacre
- A group of colonists throw snowballs and mock a British soldier
- More British troops come
- they surround the fallen troop while the commander is telling them to hold their fire
- one shot goes off and the other British troops thought they missed the call of fire and they shot and killed 5 people
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Tea Act
Passed in 1773 and allowed British East India Company (BEIC) to sell tea directly to colonists -
Boston Tea Party
members of Sons of Liberty Dump over 340 chests of tea into Boston harbor " Boston harbor is a teapot tonight!" -
Intolerable Acts
Passed to punish Boston for Tea party Boston harbor closed until tea paid for -
Quartering Act
-required colonists to house British troops
- if a soldier comes knocking at the door....You're sleeping on the floor -
Continental Congress Meets
All colonies but Georgia have representatives. Voted to send a "Statement" of Grievances. Voted to Boycott all British Trade.Patrick Henry - VA rep. urged colonists to unite against Britain -
Fort Ticonderoga
Benedict Arnold & Ethan Allen capture the fort
Get all supplies in the fort including cannons
American Victory -
Second Continental Congress meet
Print $$$$
Set up post office
Created Continental Army led by George Washington
Sent Olive Branch asking King to protect their rights
King hires 30,000 Hessians Soldiers in response -
Washington arrives on outskirts of Boston with Continental troops
Realizes men are disorganized & need discipline
Need weapons -
“Common Sense” published by Thomas Paine
Pamphlet inspires more colonists to become patriots
“Everything thing that is right or reasonable pleads for separation.The blood of the slain,the weeping voice of nature cries, TIS TIME TO PART -Thomas Paine,Common Sense -
British Surrender Boston
Washington believes his army is ready & weapons arrive
Washington puts cannons on Dorchester Heights overlooking Boston
British retreat - AMERICAN Victory -
1000's of Redcoats in Boston
General Gage brings thousands of British Soldiers to Boston. -
Paul Revere's Midnight ride
"The British are coming" Paul revere was warning the Sons of Liberty in Lexington and Concord that "The British are coming" -
Battles of Lexington & Concord
1st battle of American revolutionary war
"shot heard round the world" Ralph Waldo Emerson
British Victory
(4-19-1775)
Battle of Concord American stop British and force them to retreat back to Boston -
Second Continental Congress meet again
Debate on declaring independence
Thomas Jeffereson is the primary author of the document -
Second Continental Congress votes for Independence
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The declaration of Independence is signed!